Java tutorial
/* This program is a part of the companion code for Core Java 8th ed. (http://horstmann.com/corejava) This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ import java.awt.Color; import java.awt.EventQueue; import java.awt.event.ActionEvent; import java.awt.event.ActionListener; import javax.swing.JButton; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JPanel; /** * @version 1.33 2007-06-12 * @author Cay Horstmann */ public class ButtonTest { public static void main(String[] args) { EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() { public void run() { ButtonFrame frame = new ButtonFrame(); frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); frame.setVisible(true); } }); } } /** * A frame with a button panel */ class ButtonFrame extends JFrame { public ButtonFrame() { setTitle("ButtonTest"); setSize(DEFAULT_WIDTH, DEFAULT_HEIGHT); // create buttons JButton yellowButton = new JButton("Yellow"); JButton blueButton = new JButton("Blue"); JButton redButton = new JButton("Red"); buttonPanel = new JPanel(); // add buttons to panel buttonPanel.add(yellowButton); buttonPanel.add(blueButton); buttonPanel.add(redButton); // add panel to frame add(buttonPanel); // create button actions ColorAction yellowAction = new ColorAction(Color.YELLOW); ColorAction blueAction = new ColorAction(Color.BLUE); ColorAction redAction = new ColorAction(Color.RED); // associate actions with buttons yellowButton.addActionListener(yellowAction); blueButton.addActionListener(blueAction); redButton.addActionListener(redAction); } /** * An action listener that sets the panel's background color. */ private class ColorAction implements ActionListener { public ColorAction(Color c) { backgroundColor = c; } public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event) { buttonPanel.setBackground(backgroundColor); } private Color backgroundColor; } private JPanel buttonPanel; public static final int DEFAULT_WIDTH = 300; public static final int DEFAULT_HEIGHT = 200; }